
•
“set remote network password,” used for configuring the PLC network key on
remote PLC devices connected to the electrical network (DEK);
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“list remote devices,” which is used for listing the PLC devices connected to
the PLC network and configured with the same PLC network key;
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“exit,” used for exiting the configuration tool.
Configuring a HomePlug AV PLC Network Under Linux
Concerning HomePlug AV PLC devices, there are not many tools under Linux
adapted to usual network environments for 802.11, BlueTooth, and 802.16 (soon)
network technologies. However, there is an integrated PLC tool in the form of a
library and package to distribute the available Debian (.deb packet) and RedHat
(.rpm packet) packages:
•
FAIFA (Developed by Florian Fainelli, Nicolas Thill, and Xavier Carcelle)
which is available at the project address: http://open-plc.org/
The http://open-plc.org/ site groups a certain amount of information on
PLC technologies and compatibilities between devices and firmware for the
HomePlug AV standard.
The FAIFA tool can be downloaded from the following addresses.
The installation can be done in different ways:
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Compilation of the project sources under a Linux distribution used by the user
from the tarball available at the following address:
http://svn.open-plc.org/
200 Configuration
Figure 9.31 Sensing of an Ethernet PLC device using the Linux PLC configuration tool
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